Funny Asian Guy on American Idol
| William Hung | |||||||||||
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| 孔慶翔 | |||||||||||
 Hung in St. Cloud, Minnesota in July 2008 | |||||||||||
| Born | (1983-01-thirteen) Jan 13, 1983 [1] Sha Can, British Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Singer, actor, motivational speaker | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Get-go Wife (divorced) Jian Teng (divorced) | ||||||||||
| Chinese proper noun | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孔慶翔 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孔庆翔 | ||||||||||
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| Musical career | |||||||||||
| Origin | Van Nuys, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Genres | Pop, outsider music | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2004–2011 | ||||||||||
| Labels | Koch | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
William Hing Cheung Hung (Chinese: 孔慶翔; built-in January 13, 1983) is a Hong Kong-born American motivational speaker and former singer who gained fame in early on 2004 as a result of his unsuccessful audience operation of Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol.
At the time of his audience, Hung was a civil engineering student at UC Berkeley. After his spirited audition to be the side by side American Idol, he won the support of many fans, ironically, based on his perceived lack of musical talent. Hung voluntarily left university to pursue a music career. His recording career was marked past negative critical reaction.[2] [3] [four]
He brought his own career as a musician to an terminate when in 2011 he accepted a job opportunity as a technical crime annotator for the Los Angeles County Sheriff'southward Department, and decided to pursue law enforcement. Since so, Hung has reflected positively on his pop music career.
Personal life
Hung is a 73rd generation descendant of Confucius.[5] [vi]
After growing up in the Sha Tin district of British Hong Kong, Hung moved with his family to the U.S. city of Van Nuys, California, at age 11.[seven] [8] He was a ceremonious engineering student at University of California, Berkeley, when he competed on the US telly contest series American Idol.[9] He exited college to pursue his music career and later graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in mathematics.[10] [eleven] Hung later completed an MBA from Marist Higher.[12]
Hung was married to Jian Teng on June 18, 2014.[13] Prior to this marriage, he had already gone through a divorce. This second marriage also ended in divorce.[xiv]
Career
Initial fame
While studying civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, Hung auditioned for the third season of American Idol in San Francisco in September 2003, becoming the terminal auditioner on the show of January xv, 2004.
"I want to make music my living," said Hung, before he started singing and dancing to Ricky Martin'southward "She Bangs". As judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul tried to restrain their laughter, approximate Simon Cowell dismissed Hung's performance, remarking "You tin't sing, you can't trip the light fantastic toe, so what do you want me to say?", to which Hung replied, "Um, I already gave my best, and I accept no regrets at all." Jackson and Abdul applauded his positive attitude, with Abdul remarking, "That'south the best attitude yet." Hung's response to Cowell'due south criticism starkly contrasts with the frequently confrontational rejoinders of other contestants. Hung added, "...you know, I have no professional person training of singing and dancing," eliciting mock surprise from Cowell, who replied, "No? Well, this is the surprise of the century." Hung was not admitted through to the next round.
Cult following
Hung chop-chop gained a cult following. A William Hung fan site, prepare up by realtor Don Chin and his wife Laura, recorded over four meg hits inside its beginning calendar week. Remixes of Hung'due south audition performance topped song request lists at a number of radio stations.
Hung subsequently appeared on several television programs including Jimmy Kimmel Live!, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Entertainment Tonight, George Lopez, the Late Show with David Letterman, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Howard Stern Radio Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dateline NBC, Arrested Development and CBS'south The Early on Show. Hung was featured in several national magazines and newspapers; he was parodied on Saturday Dark Live, Mad Goggle box, Celebrity Deathmatch, and The Adequately OddParents. He was reportedly invited to perform at MTV's Asia Awards held in mid-February.
An online petition to bring Hung back to American Idol included more than than 100,000 signatures by belatedly Feb. Hung was brought back to American Idol as part of a mid-flavor special titled Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented, airing March 1, 2004. The special documented what information technology was like to experience the audience procedure and, in Hung's case, emerge equally an inadvertent glory.
At the 2006 Artichoke Festival in Castroville, California, Hung was crowned the Artichoke King; Marilyn Monroe had previously received a similar honor.[xv]
Record deal
William Hung was offered a $25,000 advance on a record deal from Koch Entertainment in 2004, and released three albums on that characterization in 2004 and 2005. His first anthology was Inspiration. Produced by Giuseppe D, information technology was recorded over a March 2004 weekend with Hung singing vocals over karaoke music. To promote it, Hung performed earlier virtually xx,000 fans during half-time at a Gilt State Warriors basketball game game on April half-dozen and performed "She Bangs", included on the album, on such shows as The Tonight Testify with Jay Leno. The album received highly negative reviews,[2] [3] [iv] but ultimately went on to sell nigh 200,000 copies and reached Number 1 on Billboard's Acme Independent Album Chart.[xvi] [17] His 2 follow-upward albums were far less successful, equally Hung for the Holidays (a Christmas album) simply sold 35,000 copies, despite a national promotion campaign including appearances on The Howard Stern Show, and Miracle: Happy Summer from William Hung (some other karaoke cover anthology) just sold 7,000.[17] In a February 2006 interview, he said he was working on a fourth anthology of v or half dozen tracks,[18] only none was released, and he retired in 2011.
Television, commercials and movies
Hung appeared in commercials for the search engine Ask.com, the Game Show Network (spoofing Freddie Mercury and singing an off-fundamental "We Are the Champions"), too as the mobile phone service provider Cingular Wireless.[nineteen] He also appeared to sing "Have Me Out to the Ballgame" in May 2004 at the Rogers Centre for the Toronto Bluish Jays.[20]
His first moving picture, a depression-budget Hong Kong period comedy called Where is Mama's Male child (2004), was released in January 2005. Hung played a adept-natured hamlet kid who sells Chinese pancakes to pay his mother's medical bills. His grapheme gets discovered equally a vocaliser, and helps a adult female protect her business from her jealous, conniving elder sister. In the movie, Hung played opposite veteran Hong Kong actress Nancy Sit and parodied his own American Idol performance with the song "Siu Beng" (Cantonese) ("Chinese Pancake"), an allusion to his American Idol audition vocal, "She Bangs". Despite solid financial backing and the involvement of Nancy Sit, the film was a box office bomb.
Lampooning his own career, Hung subsequently made appearances in Airline,[21] Arrested Evolution, and George Lopez.[19]
Retirement from music
In 2011, Hung became a technical crime analyst for the Los Angeles Canton Sheriff's Department,[ten] and retired from music. Hung remains optimistic well-nigh his new career path, and states he does not regret that his music career has ended. "I showed that fifty-fifty the Average Joe could succeed," he remarked on his short-lived time as a popular star.[17]
Hung later joined the Los Angeles County Department of Public Wellness around 2014.[22] In 2017, Hung became a motivational speaker; he has been booked as a keynote speaker for groups such as the Asian Realtors Association of America.[23] [22]
On Apr 7, 2016, he fabricated a surprise functioning of "She Bangs" on the American Idol flavor fifteen finale.[24]
Assay of popularity
Commentator Emil Guillermo claimed that Hung may not take gained as much attention had he been of some other race, and his popularity may exist derived from his beingness a representation of the Asian stereotype, characterized by nerdiness, bucked teeth, studiousness, speaking with a strong "fresh off the boat" emphasis, and lacking singing talent or rhythm. Documentary filmmaker James Hou commented, "Equally Asian Americans, nosotros expect through this racial lens, and we meet this guy who embodies all the stereotypes we're trying to escape from."[25]
Some analysts have argued that Hung's career arose out of mockery, and that the media exploited him every bit a joke rather than as a talented or inspirational figure.[26] Ron Lin, former editor in main of the UC Berkeley's Daily Californian asserts: "It'southward really difficult for Asian American males to intermission through and (Hung) may not exist the almost highly-seasoned example."[27]
Bister Eliza Watts suggested that Hung'due south cult post-obit derived from him being the antithesis of everything Idol represented, with his lack of musical talent and odd looks, and how unlike other audition failures he was not arrogantly expecting to be made a popular star, he just wanted to sing.[28] In a 2008 American Idol actress, in response to the question, "Why do you think information technology is that people gravitate towards William Hung so much?", Hung stated, "I believe it's my attitude and charisma, I tell people constantly, media, everywhere I get, just never give up on your dream."
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Anthology details | Peak chart positions | Sales[17] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [29] | US Indie [30] | AUS [31] | AUS Heat [31] | ||||||
| Inspiration |
| 34 | ane | 89 | 4 |
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| Miracle: Happy Summer From William Hung |
| — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes the anthology did not chart. | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Meridian chart positions | Sales[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Indie [30] | |||
| Hung for the Holidays |
| 22 |
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Singles
Music videos
| Title | Twelvemonth |
|---|---|
| "She Bangs"[34] | 2004 |
| "We Are the Champions"[32] | |
| "Achy Breaky Heart"[33] | 2005 |
Hung's music video, "She Bangs", has been viewed over 2 meg times on YouTube.[35]
References
- ^ "William Hung | Discography". Discogs.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ a b "Inspiration - William Hung - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "IGN review". IGN.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Inspiration". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved January xiv, 2018.
- ^ "受成吉思汗后人啟發 孔子准后裔想驗DNA" [Inspired by Genghis Khan'south descendants, Confucius quasi-descendants desire to test]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on Baronial i, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ "海內外孔子後裔約300萬" [About iii million descendants of Confucius at home and abroad]. big5.red china.com.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved Jan 14, 2018.
- ^ "American Idol reject William Hung chases fame in Asia". Associated Press. August 3, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Hubler, Shawn (Feb half-dozen, 2004). "Off-cardinal, on the map". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Theakston, Rob. "William Hung". Allmusic. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Kohn, Daniel (January sixteen, 2012). "William Hung Speaks, Fresh off Being Crowned the Greatest Musician of All Time, in Any Genre". LA Weekly . Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Miles, Dylan (May 9, 2008). "Yes, that is William Hung on campus". The Sundial . Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ blogtalkradio.com [ dead link ]
- ^ Ehrich Dowd, Kathy (August 21, 2014). "American Idol Alum William Hung Gets Married". PEOPLE.com . Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ "How William Hung got his girlfriend by owning his quirks". Youtube.com. Nov 15, 2019. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021.
- ^ Meizel, M. (2009). "Making the Dream a Reality (Show): The Celebration of Failure in American Idol". Popular Music and Society. 32 (4): 475–488. doi:10.1080/03007760802217725. S2CID 192058209.
- ^ "Inspiration – William Hung". Billboard . Retrieved January seven, 2012.
- ^ a b c d east Grossman, Samantha (January 19, 2012). "American Idol's William Hung: Where Is He At present?". Time . Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ Catching up with William. Ecentral.my. February 21, 2006. Accessed from June 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Carter, Brooke (Apr 27, 2017). "What Happened to William Hung - What He's Doing At present". Gazette Review . Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ "He bangs: Hung performs during 7th-inning stretch". ESPN. May thirty, 2004. Retrieved January xiv, 2018.
- ^ "Airline DVD news: A&East's reality show gives u.s. a behind-the-scenes await at the flight biz". Tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Chan, Louis (December 31, 2017). "American Idol Legend William Hung Goes from Humiliation to Opportunity". AsAmNews . Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "willhung.com". Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Lookout man William Hung Return With 'She Bangs' at 'American Idol' Finale". Billboard. April vii, 2016. Retrieved December half dozen, 2019.
- ^ Guillermo, Emil (April 6, 2004). "Hung Out to Dry". The Village Voice . Retrieved January fourteen, 2018.
- ^ Guillermo, Emil. "Emil Amok: The William Hung Joke". AsianWeek.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved Jan 14, 2018.
- ^ "William Hung: Racism, Or Magic?". San Francisco Relate. April vi, 2004.
- ^ Watts, Amber Eliza (2008). Laughing at the Earth: Schadenfreude, Social Identity, and American Media Culture. pp. 24–30. ISBN9780549505761.
- ^ "William Hung Album & Song Chart History". Billboard 200 for William Hung. Prometheus Global Media. Accessed from July fifteen, 2013.
- ^ a b "William Hung Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Independent Albums for William Hung. Prometheus Global Media. Accessed from July fifteen, 2013.
- ^ a b "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 3 May 2004" (PDF) (740). Australian Web Annal. June vii, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on June six, 2004. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ a b "William Hung to tape 'We are the Champions']". Today. Associated Printing. June 12, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "William Hung Teams Upwardly With Baton Ray Cyrus for New Album". CelebritySpider.com. Marketwire. June 25, 2005. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
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- ^ "William Hung – She Bangs". Archived from the original on April xviii, 2007. Retrieved April eight, 2016 – via YouTube.
External links
- Official website [ dead link ]
- William Hung at IMDb
- Wittmeyer, Alicia. Berkeley Junior Shot Down in American Idol Tryout at the Wayback Machine (archived August 18, 2004) Daily Californian. Mon Feb two, 2004.
- Bulwa, Demian. "UC's accidental pop star / 'American Idol' decline is hot item on campus -- and far beyond." San Francisco Chronicle. Wednesday February eleven, 2004.
- Guillermo, Emil. "William Hung: Racism, or Magic?" San Francisco Relate. Tuesday April 6, 2004.
- Navarro, Mireya. "Trying to Crack the Hot 100." The New York Times. March iv, 2007.
- William Hung at Rolling Stone
- William Hung poker tournament results
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